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Hi there. Toshiba Tecra 8100 800mhz Windows 2000 SP4 laptop with Avast Home Edition antivirus system. Went to a website from a google search, and immediately got pop-ups and attempts to install some unauthorized program. Avast popped up an alert, but before I could get anything written down, the computer froze and reset. It's since been freezing often and performing VERY sluggishly.

I've run Kaspersky's online scanner, and it found nothing. Avast didn't either (after running several scans in both safe mode and regular mode). Ad-Aware only found harmless cookies, and Spyboy found nothing. Please help. I really need my laptop!

I'll have an order of massive trojan attack please with a side order of rootkit and virus dip.Pre-course order of fresh spyware salad please with a side order of polymorphic dressing.And to drink...a nice tall glass of adware!

For dessert; can I have a bowl of the freshest worms you have please?.

Never Give Up!

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Well, I was able to get a HJT log before the computer froze. But I'll have to wait to run that program you recommended since, apparently, network access is crashing the system. I'll have to download on a different computer, transfer to a diskette or CD, and run from there. Sorry for the huge delay -- I'll go ahead and post the new HJT log here and work on getting you that other log ASAP, ok?

By the way, the Windows boot-up now takes an excruciating long 10 minutes (then often hangs if network access is attempted)! It was more like 1.5 or 2 minutes before....

yeah. better keep it offline and use floppy or CD to transfer files.
We dunno what is going on yet so best not to have it online.

I dunno how well the tools will perform running from CD or floppy. Best to copy to desktop if at all possible.

Regards,

Blender

I'll have an order of massive trojan attack please with a side order of rootkit and virus dip.Pre-course order of fresh spyware salad please with a side order of polymorphic dressing.And to drink...a nice tall glass of adware!

For dessert; can I have a bowl of the freshest worms you have please?.

Never Give Up!

If you are happy with the service I provided, please consider making a donation to help me continue the fight against Malware

By default the log will be in your hijackthis folder called 'startuplist.txt'

Also I wanna see a bootlog.

Restart computer.As it is starting up just after BIOS POST tap F8 till you get boot menu.Use arrow keys to choose "enable boot logging" and hit enter.Locate this file and post its contents:

C:\winnt\ntbtlog.txt

Thanks

I'll have an order of massive trojan attack please with a side order of rootkit and virus dip.Pre-course order of fresh spyware salad please with a side order of polymorphic dressing.And to drink...a nice tall glass of adware!

For dessert; can I have a bowl of the freshest worms you have please?.

Never Give Up!

If you are happy with the service I provided, please consider making a donation to help me continue the fight against Malware